This article will explain how to configure the RPCminer on Mac OS that will turn your Mac’s idle CPU cycles into Bitcoins. It will walk you through every step from downloading the client application to connecting to a pooled mining server.

PrerequisitesYou will need the miner application that will run on your machine, as well as an account with a mining pool. The BMP pool will be used as an example throughout this article.

Notice that the worker login is <account-username>.<worker-name>, for example user.machine.

RPCminer works on any version of Mac OS 10.6 ‘Snow Leopard’.

Setting up the minerLaunch the miner by double-clicking on the RPCminer icon in the /Applications folderWhen asked, enter the hostname for your pool, mining.bitcoin.cz and press EnterWhen asked, enter the port number for your pool, 8332 and press EnterWhen asked, enter the miner’s name (user.machine, as explained above), and press EnterWhen asked, enter the miner’s password (not the account password), and press Enter—and you’re done. You only need to set up the application once. The server and account information is stored in a settings file on your Mac. So double-clicking on the application icon again will be sufficient to get the miner going again.

Check back in on your account page at BMP to see how your machine(s) are doing and to manage payout settings.

Good luck with your mining!

This article will explain how to configure the DiabloMiner on Mac OS that will turn your Mac’s idle GPU cycles into Bitcoins. It will walk you through every step from downloading the client application to connecting to a pooled mining server.

PrerequisitesYou will need the miner application that will run on your machine, as well as an account with a mining pool. The BMP pool will be used as an example throughout this article.

Diablo works on any version of 10.6 ‘Snow Leopard’, and requires a recent GPU which (in all recent Macs.) (AMD Radeon 5xxx and up; and Nvidia 8xxx and up.)

Setting up the minerLaunch the miner by double-clicking on the DiabloMiner icon in the /Applications folderWhen asked, enter the hostname for your pool, mining.bitcoin.cz and press EnterWhen asked, enter the port number for your pool, 8332 and press EnterWhen asked, enter the miner’s name (user.machine, as explained above), and press EnterWhen asked, enter the miner’s password (not the account password), and press Enter—and you’re done. You only need to set up the application once. The server and account information is stored in a settings file on your Mac. So double-clicking on the application icon again will be sufficient to get the miner going again.

Check back in on your account page at BMP to see how your machine(s) are doing and to manage payout settings.

Great. This is exactly what I've been needing all along. I've had RPCminer running for a while on my macbook pro, since, as you say, GPU is a bad idea. At this rate I may be able to afford an ice cream by the time I'm 80.